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Establishing a Variation Claim

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05/08/202125/09/2021 Chow Kok Fong No comments

In Comfort Management Pte Ltd v OGSP Engineering Pte Ltd and another (No. 2) [2020] SGHC 165, the High Court approved a two-stage approach to establish a variation claim. First a claimant has to show that a valid instruction has been issued for the variation. The instruction has to be …

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Does Section 17(2A) of the SOP Act apply to liquidated damages?

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02/08/202123/09/2021 Melvin Chan No comments

In Range Construction Pte Ltd v Goldbell Engineering Pte Ltd [2020] SGHC 191, Justice Lee Seiu Kin had opined that he “did not consider the introduction of s 17(2A) of the SOP Act to be any signal of parliamentary disapproval of adjudicators considering liquidated damage claims under the SOP regime”. …

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If It Isn’t Broken, Don’t Fix It

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01/08/202125/09/2021 Edwin Lee No comments

The test for whether liquidated damages is unenforceable as a penalty remains as set out in the 1915 case of Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre v New Garage and Motor Co [1915] AC 79. In Denka Avantech Pte Ltd v Seraya Energy Pte Ltd [2020] SGCA 119, the Singapore Court of Appeal …

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Proving Actual Loss for Calls on Indemnity Bonds

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01/08/202125/09/2021 Amanda Koh No comments

In Chiu Teng Construction Co Pte Ltd v. AXA Insurance Pte Ltd [2020] SGHC 234, the High Court revisited the propositions relating to indemnity bonds set forth in JBE Properties Pte Ltd v. Gammon Pte Ltd [2011] 2 SLR 47  and York International Pte Ltd v. Voltas Ltd [2013] 3 …

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